@feeela: Well, the answer to my question decides whether Hackworth's answer is appropriate or not (at least the second half). But I see, this is just going to be one of those discussions again, so I might as well shut up now.
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musiKkSep 20 '11 at 13:27

I think Hackworth wasn't saying that geborene may be used as translation for aka, it's just another example of how to say a person may be known under a different name. I'm no native English-speaker, so it's difficult for me to answer your question, but I would say that geborene can't be translated to aka.
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feeelaSep 20 '11 at 14:15

It often implies a cover name, if it is a cover name - it only depends on the context. And even artist names are of course used to mislead in the one or the other sense; to protect privacy, or to have a better sounding marketing instrument. Only Nicknames like 'Frank, auch bekannt als "der Dicke"' would be an exception, but 'Frank, alias: "der Dicke"' is fine - isn't it?
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user unknownSep 21 '11 at 2:56

Depending on the context people you are talking to, you can also use "aka". Of course not in official papers or something like that. But in a colloquial way most younger / technical interested people should understand it.

I certainly read "aka" in internet forums, but I never would use this in a spoken conversation, because I would not know how to pronounce it: "ah-ka-ah"? Sounds a little bit stupid to me and doesn't roll off the tongue easily. "ah-ka"? This will me (mis-)understood as "AK" (Arbeitskreis? Awtomat Kalaschnikowa?).
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0x6d64Mar 12 '12 at 20:33